#1126441 libreoffice-core: LibreOffice not usable when GNOME High Contrast Accessibility is set #1126441
- Package:
- libreoffice-core
- Source:
- libreoffice-core
- Description:
- office productivity suite -- arch-dependent files
- Submitter:
- Date:
- 2026-01-26 18:09:02 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Installed Debian 13. Enabled High Contrast in GNOME Accessibility settings, because I am partially sighted.
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
I can find no way to make selected text visible while High Contrast is on. The tool bars are so difficult to see they are almost unusable. I have tried different settings and themes from the LibreOffice options and this has helped with the visibility of the toolbar but there seems to be no way to make selected text visible from within LIbreOffice. If I turn off GNOME Accessibility High Contrast, LibreOffice switches from "light" mode to the system default "dark" mode. Selected text becomes visible and the toolbars much easier to see. I need high contrast for other apps and the system GUI, so my only know option at the moment is to change the Accessibility setting every time I what to open LibreOffice.
* What outcome did you expect instead?
Knowing that some very good work has been done on Debian accessibility (thank you!) I was expecting LibreOffice to be as good or better than in was in Debian 12.
severity 1126441 important tag 1126441 + moreinfo thanks Hi, Am 26.01.26 um 14:39 schrieb thin.fence4180@fastmail.com: No, no, no it's not a *policy* violation. At most it would fit gfrave, but it's not grave. It fits important. I need accessibility too at times but I disagree about the severity. It's cumbersome, yes, but... I think there was work on this in 25.8 which is in backports. Try it? If it does not work, it's as it is, it's defnitely not serious, and overinflating severities will just not help your case - in contrast. Regards, Rene
severity 1126441 important tag 1126441 + moreinfo thanks Hi, Am 26.01.26 um 14:39 schrieb thin.fence4180@fastmail.com: No, no, no it's not a *policy* violation. At most it would fit gfrave, but it's not grave. It fits important. I need accessibility too at times but I disagree about the severity. It's cumbersome, yes, but... I think there was work on this in 25.8 which is in backports. Try it? If it does not work, it's as it is, it's defnitely not serious, and overinflating severities will just not help your case - in contrast. Regards, Rene
found 1126441 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u3 notfound 1126441 25.2.3.2 thanks Hi again, Am 26.01.26 um 14:39 schrieb thin.fence4180@fastmail.com: Besides that this is seriously wrong, this is not the version. This confuses the BTS since it thinks all versions since eternity would be affected. The version is the Debian package version, not upstreams version. Correct would have been 4:25.2.3-2+deb13u3 Regards, Rene